Oscar winner Liza Minnelli, 69, returns to rehab

You know that saying, “It’s never too late?” Well, that also applies to REHAB . . . because 69-year-old LIZA MINNELLI has checked herself in. She didn’t say where, though.

Her rep issued a statement saying, quote, “Liza Minnelli has valiantly battled substance abuse over the years and whenever she has needed to seek treatment she has done so.

“She is currently making excellent progress at an undisclosed facility.”

Liza has been in rehab a few times before, for a dependency on alcohol and prescription drugs. Her problems go back to a Valium addiction she picked up after her mother JUDY GARLAND died of an overdose in 1969.